Games Like OXENFREE II: Lost Signals

Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.

Why similar: Supernatural 23%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Thriller 10%, Mystery 9.5%, Story Rich 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: As the direct predecessor, it shares the same signature walkie-talkie dialogue system and supernatural mystery mechanics.

NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.

Why similar: Narrative 32.1% ★, Mystery 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same feeling of exploring a small, atmospheric town while dealing with deep personal and supernatural mysteries.

Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.7%, Mystery 18.3%, Story Rich 13.8%, Thriller 12.8%, Exploration 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully uses radio-based dialogue and isolation to build a compelling, character-driven mystery.

Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure set within a mysterious book. Sneak out late, make new friends, uncover hidden truths, and collect words that will change the course of fate!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Mystery 11.7%, Point & Click 11.5%, Horror 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: This narrative adventure uses a unique choice-based system to uncover a dark, supernatural mystery in a small town.

In Afterparty, you are Milo and Lola, recently deceased best buds who suddenly find themselves staring down an eternity in Hell. But there's a loophole: outdrink Satan and he'll grant you re-entry to Earth.

Why similar: Narrative 21.5% ★, Supernatural 17.8%, Dark Comedy 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team, it features a similar dialogue-heavy approach and a unique, supernatural premise.

What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.7%, Story Rich 18.5%, Mystery 15.4%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Exploration 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deeply emotional and atmospheric exploration of a family's history, focusing on narrative discovery.

KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.

Why similar: Point & Click 29.2%, Narrative 29% ★, Adventure 11.9%, Story Rich 11.1%, Mystery 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its surreal, dialogue-heavy narrative and atmospheric world-building mirror the eerie, dreamlike quality of the Oxenfree series.

Alex Chen hides her 'curse': the psychic power of Empathy, the ability to absorb the emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her power to find the truth.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Narrative 13.3% ★, Female Protagonist 13%, Multiple Endings 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: It features a strong female protagonist and a choice-driven narrative centered on supernatural abilities and small-town secrets.

NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.

Why similar: Point & Click 35.4%, Mystery 33%, Story Rich 19.6%, Adventure 8.4%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: This Southern Gothic point-and-click adventure features a rich, mysterious narrative and a haunting atmosphere.

Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.

Why similar: Thriller 31.3%, Walking Simulator 19.6%, Mystery 15.2%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Story Rich 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This walking simulator focuses on a tense, isolated mystery that unfolds through dialogue and exploration.

June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 44%, Narrative 24.8% ★, Exploration 7.4%, Female Protagonist 7.1%, Story Rich 6%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in environmental storytelling, it focuses on uncovering a mystery through exploration and narrative discovery.

Hitchhike your way to freedom in this crazy procedurally generated road trip. No one's road is the same!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Choices Matter 18%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Story Rich 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: The procedural, choice-driven narrative creates a personal story that changes based on your interactions with the world.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Mystery 20.3%, Supernatural 19.6%, Horror 9.3%, Exploration 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on atmospheric exploration and piecing together a supernatural mystery in a secluded environment.

A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.

Why similar: Supernatural 25.4%, Point & Click 22.3%, Mystery 11.7%, Story Rich 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich supernatural adventure where your choices significantly impact the narrative and character relationships.

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.6%, Female Protagonist 32.5%, Mystery 25%, Adventure 6.2%, Singleplayer 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric title blends psychological horror with a deep, cryptic mystery that rewards careful exploration.

A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.

Why similar: Narrative 22.7% ★, Supernatural 16.5%, Thriller 13.3%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Psychological Horror 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It uses audio-based mechanics and a retro-horror aesthetic to build a tense, mysterious atmosphere.

1000xRESIST is a thrilling sci-fi adventure. The year is unknown, and a disease spread by an alien invasion keeps you underground. You are Watcher. You dutifully fulfil your purpose in serving the ALLMOTHER, until the day you discover a shocking secret that changes everything.

Why similar: Thriller 23.4%, Narrative 19.3% ★, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Mystery 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy, futuristic thriller that explores complex themes through a unique, story-rich perspective.

Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

Why similar: Mystery 28.7%, Exploration 20.1%, Story Rich 16.6%, Horror 12.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes exploration and piecing together a grand, cosmic mystery through environmental clues.

Virginia is a single-player first-person thriller set in a small town with a secret. Experience a missing person investigation through the eyes of graduate FBI agent Anne Tarver.

Why similar: Thriller 20.2%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, Mystery 12.1%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This stylistic detective story relies on visual storytelling and atmosphere to convey a complex, surreal mystery.

Join Norah, a woman plagued by a mysterious illness, in her search for her missing husband in this adventure puzzle game set on a lush island paradise. Immerse yourself in stunning visuals and unlock forbidden secrets in a moving tale of mystery and love.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 22.3%, Mystery 20%, Walking Simulator 19.7%, Story Rich 15.3%, Exploration 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It combines puzzle-solving with a strong narrative focus on uncovering a supernatural mystery in a remote location.

Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.

Why similar: Point & Click 18.2%, Mystery 15.9%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Horror 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric adventure game focuses on uncovering dark secrets within a mysterious, isolated village.

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Horror 17.7%, Mystery 12%, Story Rich 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a deep, philosophical, and supernatural narrative experience set in a haunting, isolated environment.

The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.

Why similar: Mystery 24.7%, Horror 18.4%, Exploration 15.4%, Female Protagonist 15%, Adventure 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: A complex, puzzle-heavy mystery that rewards players for their attention to detail and environmental clues.

Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.9%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Story Rich 12.8%, Mystery 12.2%, Narrative 11% ★

Why You'll Like It: It uses augmented reality recordings to let you piece together a mystery, mirroring the investigative feel of the radio signals.

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...

Why similar: Point & Click 20.5%, Thriller 17%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Horror 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: It combines classic point-and-click mechanics with a dark, folk-horror mystery that feels grounded and atmospheric.

In the wake of catastrophe find the means to make your family whole again.

Why similar: Narrative 42.5% ★, Multiple Endings 16.9%, Story Rich 13.3%, Adventure 7.6%, Walking Simulator 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a cinematic, wordless narrative experience that focuses on atmospheric exploration during a supernatural event.

In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…

Why similar: Thriller 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Point & Click 15%, Mystery 14.7%, Female Protagonist 10.6%

Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a new three part standalone story adventure set three years before the events of the first game. This time play as Chloe Price, a rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber in a dramatic new story in the BAFTA award winning franchise.

Why similar: Choices Matter 20.5%, Female Protagonist 17.7%, Story Rich 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Multiple Endings 8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a character-focused, emotional narrative with significant choices and a strong sense of place.

The small town of Basswood will be changed forever by ex-investigative journalist Sam Higgs in this thrilling narrative experience from award-winning studio DON'T NOD. Will you find the truth – no matter the cost?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Choices Matter 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Mystery 17.4%, Story Rich 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a psychological detective narrative where your choices and internal monologues shape the investigation.

Northern Québec, 1970. A bizarre mist —the Brume— is disconnecting a rural mining village from its quiet reality. Step into the shoes of Detective Carl Faubert as he unfolds the mysteries haunting the region while battling for his own survival.

Why similar: Mystery 17.6%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Exploration 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: This adventure focuses on exploration and investigation in a surreal, snow-covered environment filled with mystery.

In Amanda the Adventurer 2, the story continues as Riley encounters a mysterious masked figure after destroying the TV in the attic. Travel to the Kensdale Public Library and dig deeper into the mystery of Amanda the Adventurer.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Point & Click 13.9%, Supernatural 11.5%, Horror 9.6%

Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.

Why similar: Thriller 21.9%, Adventure 19.4%, Horror 15.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Mystery 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: You play as an AI station system, using cameras and environmental data to uncover a sci-fi mystery.

In the thrilling conclusion of the Amanda the Adventurer trilogy, follow Riley as they uncover the ultimate secrets behind Amanda, Hameln, and mysteries that have plagued Kensdale for decades.

Why similar: Thriller 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Supernatural 11.7%, Horror 8.3%

A mutant soap opera where small-town gossip meets the supernatural. Explore the Mutazione community as Kai as she cares for her ailing grandfather. Discover magical gardens, new friends & old secrets. They can survive an apocalyptic meteor strike, but can they survive their small-town drama?

Why similar: Supernatural 21.1%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Side Scroller 10.1%, Mystery 9.8%

The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.

Why similar: Narrative 20.4% ★, Point & Click 18.8%, Mystery 15.5%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Visual Novel 9.8%

The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.

Why similar: Supernatural 21.3%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Mystery 10.9%, Female Protagonist 9.4%

A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 20.9%, Horror 20%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Adventure 14.3%, Walking Simulator 13.8%

A story about discovering anomalies, finding strange energy sources, and the intertwining of peculiar spaces. Get ready to uncover hidden stories, delve into a horrifying narrative and unveil the most fundamental truth!

Why similar: Thriller 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Point & Click 10.5%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.2%

A mystery adventure game and visual novel set on solitary Shironagasu Island. Discover its secrets, solve its mysteries, and escape from the ominous island!

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Mystery 18.1%, Thriller 13.8%, Horror 11.2%, Adventure 9.4%

After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets. I Saw Black Clouds is an interactive psychological thriller with supernatural elements and branching storylines.

Why similar: Narrative 18% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Female Protagonist 8.7%, Choices Matter 8.5%

An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

Why similar: Thriller 21.1%, Point & Click 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Horror 9.8%

"The Stalked 2" is a standalone horror sequel to "The Stalked", where you play as Rachel, an avid hiker. What begins as a relaxing hike to a cabin turns into a nightmare filled with eerie interactions and unsettling events. Will you survive?

Why similar: Thriller 32.3%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Horror 12.3%, Mystery 12%, Psychological Horror 12%

The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.

Why similar: Narrative 25.2% ★, Mystery 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Point & Click 8.9%

Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.

Why similar: Point & Click 96.1%, Mystery 1%, Female Protagonist 0.9%, Supernatural 0.6%, Adventure 0.5%

You wake up in an old watermill in the middle of the night ... and can't remember anything. Examine the surroundings in this thrilling point&click adventure and find out what happened.

Why similar: Thriller 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Point & Click 13%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.9%

The sequel to the award winning Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Senua returns in a brutal journey of survival through the myth and torment of Viking Iceland. Intent on saving those who have fallen victim to the horrors of tyranny, Senua faces a battle of overcoming the darkness within and without.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.6%, Female Protagonist 23.1%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Story Rich 15.4%, Horror 10.7%

True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2 is the sequel to one of the best rated horror escape games, acclaimed for its story and the atmosphere of horror mystery.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 12.9%, Point & Click 12.8%, Thriller 11.1%, Horror 10.6%, Mystery 10%

Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.

Why similar: Side Scroller 17%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 12.6%, Female Protagonist 11.9%

Black Sheep" is a 2D story-driven adventure game, you will play a high school student who explores the flooded school ruins, trace the shadow of the past, and unveil the evil those buried in the bottom of the river to see the light of day.

Why similar: Thriller 28.6%, Psychological Horror 14%, Horror 13.9%, Supernatural 13.6%, Mystery 12.7%

When Max Caulfield finds her friend Safi dead in the snow, she tears open the way to a parallel timeline. Here, Safi is still alive - and still in danger! With her new power to Shift between two timelines – can Max solve and prevent the same murder?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Supernatural 13.6%, Narrative 12.7% ★

Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Thriller 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.7%

Audrey is a young woman returning to her childhood home. Upon arriving, however, she begins to notice strange happenings around the house. Is this a dream or reality? Whatever it is, it seems so oddly… familiar. Explore with Audrey as she tries to work out the mysteries of her missing memories.

Why similar: Horror 32.8%, Female Protagonist 20.9%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Adventure 14.4%, Story Rich 13%

Re:Turn 2 is a 2D psychological horror adventure game. The game follows on from the events of the first game. Saki and her fiancé, Sen, are trapped on an abandoned train that is haunted by an evil spirit that takes the form of a little girl named Ayumi.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Point & Click 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.6%

You play as a student named Lisa, who has just moved in with her university friend. But instead of a carefree student life, Lisa faces events full of despair and fear when she is left alone in her apartment number 8...

Why similar: Thriller 20.9%, Supernatural 15.1%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Mystery 8.9%

Third Eye Open is a supernatural narrative adventure about a young girl coming of age. The game is set in a small Malaysian suburb which the player navigates to speak to friends, families, and ghosts. Various minigames immerse the player deeper into the protagonist's journey.

Why similar: Thriller 25.7%, Supernatural 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Female Protagonist 8.6%

The third game in the Blackwell series

Why similar: Point & Click 47.7%, Supernatural 20.5%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Adventure 11.9%, Mystery 8%

Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.

Why similar: Side Scroller 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Point & Click 14%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Female Protagonist 11.7%

A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.

Why similar: Point & Click 18.7%, Visual Novel 16%, Horror 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Choices Matter 13.1%

You wake in a surreal carnival, where a woman cries out to you before leaping to her death. Can either of you be saved? The denizens and devices of Strangeland answer with riddles, puzzles, and warnings of a Dark Thing lurking at the park’s peak. A new adventure from the creators of Primordia.

Why similar: Point & Click 22.9%, Narrative 16.2% ★, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 11%, Story Rich 10.8%

Embark on a new narrative journey by the creators of Life is Strange. Film your summer of 1995 and create memories of a lifetime with your new friends. 27 years later, confront the dark secrets that made you all promise to never speak again after that fateful summer.

Why similar: Choices Matter 17.9%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Mystery 16.8%, Multiple Endings 15%